Question

Thembavani is related to _____.
A. Hinduism
B. Sikhism
C. Christianity
D. Islam

Answer 1

Hint:It is related to the largest religion in the world which makes up 31% of the world’s total population. This religion developed during the 1st Century AD in Jerusalem.

Complete answer:
Thembavani (A Garland of Unfading Honey-Sweet Verses) is a classic Tamil poetic work by Veeramamunivar. “Veeramamunivar” is the Tamil name of an Italian Jesuit Priest whose real name was Constantine Joseph Beschi. He was a Christian missionary who came from Lisbon to Goa in October 1710. From there he immediately went to South India. He adopted the lifestyle of the Tamils. During the first few years, he worked as a missionary in Elakurichi and served as a Parish priest in
Kamanayakkanpatti.
Then he moved to the Coromandel Coast and settled there for the rest of his life.
Thembavani is his biggest poetic work and has over 3615 stanzas. It is related to Christianity and is also considered as the noblest epic poem written in honour of St. Joseph in any language around the world. It is based on the life of St. Joseph who was the earthly father of Jesus Christ. The poem begins with the birth of Joseph and ends with his coronation by God.
It has more than 100 references to the Holy Bible through events and teachings. The Thembavani is divided into three parts, each containing 12 sections. It has around 356 episodes related to death, birth, wars, heaven, hell etc. It also contains numerous theological and philosophical debates on the nature of God, rebirth, Fate, virtue etc. It has a great collection of references to historical and biblical characters like Moses, Joshua and Gideon from the Old Testament and John the Baptist and Herod from the New Testament.
The Thembavani is placed ‘third’ on the list of ‘Seven World Classics that are yet to be translated to English’.

Thus, the correct answer is option (C) Christianity.

Note: Constantine made many contributions in the Tamil literature and language. He wrote the first Tamil-Latin dictionary. He translated Tamil literature into Latin so that people around the world could read them. He also translated European texts to Tamil.
Besides all this, he also wrote a Tamil grammar book to teach the common use of Tamil.